Oh, I just thought Perrrrkele (You HAVE to megaroll that R. Dü it laik a Sköhttsman!) was something foreigners yelled at metal concerts. Like, it's the only Finnish they know.
The
Finnish Metal Expo in 3 weeks is gonna be AWESOME.
Turmion Kätilöt, and a bunch of other crazy bands will be there.
I'll also be at Korpiklaani's concert in Helsinki drinkin' [YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbcwOHvoZbA"]Vodka![/YOUTUBE]
Finland has some boring parts (like... people here are shy and quiet (See: ISTJ-ish) and blah most of the time) but add booze you've got yourself a PARTY. Then they sober up and you're bored again :meh:
Voiko tämä olla Suomenilopaikka? (Oliko tuo oikein? En tiedä mitä 'appreciation thread' on suomeksi.)
Finnish looks cooler/more impressive than it sounds, to be honest. There's something these Helsinki people do with it that ruins the magic of it all.
I read the article at the bottom of the wiki page "The Finnish Line." Something interesting was said It's something that develops over time by direct exposure to sisu-producing situations.
I think that these sisu traits develop when life has dealt you a series of unfortunate events or unforunately born into a hard-knock life. You have no choice but to either weather on or crumple in defeat.
Finland was controlled by Sweden and Russia, and now by the European Union. Of course Sisu would develop. It's how Finland kicked Russia's ass in the Winter War (Though, I think there was more to it than that. One friend of mine here says Russia sent green troops to Finland at the time.)
Also, most people just stayed away from Finland anyway from what I've read. The people who WERE here had to be stubborn, too bad it's made pop-culture in Finland pretty humorous (in a bad way). There isn't much ingenuity here except when it comes to metal music. Sweden, Finland, and Germany seem to be the top 3 metal-band exporters in the world. Could Finland's love of hard music (I saw a couple of 60+ year old women at a Stratovarius concert) be from the inner turmoil and frustration caused by Sisu?